Andrea Ranocchia has explained why Inter manager Luciano Spalletti decided to deploy him as a striker in last night’s 1-0 loss to Bologna.

“There were no other options for the coach besides putting me on up top to try and make a bit of a nuisance of myself. He also put Lautaro on but other than that we did not have many attacking options on the bench,” he said in an interview with broadcaster Sport Mediaset.